Endless elevator.



No. 776,010. PATENTED NOV. 29, 1904. E. BOUSSE.

ENDLESS BLEVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED APE. 22. 1903.

No MODEL.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED NOV. 29, w04.

E. ROUSSE.

ENDLESS BLEVATOR.

APPLIQATION FILED APR. zz. 1903.

2 SHEETS-BHBET 2.

NO MODEL.

NITED STATES Patented November 29, 1904i.

EMIL ,lOUSSE, OF DARMSTADT, GERMANY.

ENDLESS ELEVATOFM SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.776,010, dated November 29, 1904.

Application iiled April 22, 1903. Serial No. 153,869. (No model.) i

To (if/Z!l whom Hetty concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL Boussu, chief engineer, a subject of the Kingor' Prussia, German Emperor, residing at No. 4.3 Victoriastrasse,Darmstadt, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Endless Elevators, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an endless bucket c'onveyer the arrangement ofwhich makes it possible to convey the goods in all directionsthat is tosay, both in vertical and horizontal planes and curves-whereby thebucket may be loaded or unloaded at any point of its path of travel. Itis true that bucket conveyers are already known in which the same objectmay to a limited extent be obtained; but the construction or' theseconveyers is much more complicated than that of the present invention,in which a plurality of features are conibined in such a manner thatgreat simplicity is obtained.

The present invention has, further, the advantage of preventing tiltingof the bucket during the loading of the same in a vertical plane, byreason ot' the great lateral projection of the bucket from the path ofmovement of the axles.

` In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of one of theconveyer-buckets. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of one oi' the buckets,showing parts broken away and parts in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is adiagrammatic view of a portion of a conveyer, showing how the bucketsare dumped. Fig.` t is a diagrammatic View showing the buckets invarious horizontal and vertical positions. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic viewshowing the buckets turning a horizontal curve. Fig. 6 is a diagrammaticview showing the bucket being dumped while upon an inclined plane.

Referring more particularlyto the drawings, a indicates a bucketsuitably journaled by pintles t at c in two frames OZ. These frames dare connected together by a plurality oi axles e, which carry the wheelsc and are of triangular form, so that the bucket is positioned to oneside oiE the line oi the draft of the conveyer, which makes it possibleto swing three hundred and sixty degrees, so as to dump or fill withease the bucket at any place of its travel. A brace la connects theaxles of each truck or unit.

The conveyer units or trucks are connected together by links 7c, whichare provided with hinges t to permit the units to turn relatively in onedirection and are journaled uon the axles e to permit them to turnrelatively in the other direction.

The pintles ZJ oi the buckets (a are provided with arms 7i., carrying`rollers y, adapted to ride over cam-faces positioned at any desiredplace along' the travel oit the conveyer to dump the buckets.

The wheels e' travel upon a track o. This Vtrack may consist oi' twoparts where the con veyer moves through vertical or inclined positions,as shown in Figs. I and 6, one on each side oi' the wheels, so that itis supported on both sides. A

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a bucket conveyer, the combination of a plurality of units eachcomprising a plurality of axles one in advance oil the other, a pairol.E side frames by which the axles are carried, extending laterally tothe line of travel of the axles, wheels on the axles and a bucketmounted on the frame to swing three hundred and sixty degrees on oneside of the axles; and means' connecting the units together permittingthe travel of the units in horizontal and vertical planes and curves.

In Witness whereof I subscribe my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

anni. coussin.

Vitnesses:

JEAN GRUND, CARL GRUND.

